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About the Year of Story

The Year of Story is a living calendar reflecting the seasons, feast days, and rhythm of sacred time.

It gathers history, literature, poetry, and tradition into a unfolding year, rooted in the Southern Hemisphere and the traditional liturgical calendar.

This is not a program to complete, or a schedule to master.
It is an invitation to learn and live seasonally.

How to Read This Calendar

Begin with the season you are currently living in

Read one month, or wander freely
Return when the year turns, or when a feast calls you back
Let the stories mark time, rather than measure it

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Summer
Autumn
- March
- April
- May
Winter
- June
- July
- August
Spring

From the Margins

Occasional images and notes, shared beyond the journal.

It’s midwinter. For some, it’s a quiet celebration

It’s midwinter.
For some, it’s a quiet celebration, marking the shift toward longer days and the slow return of summer.

But I’ve always found winter to be a season worth dwelling in, not rushing through. There’s something in the stillness, the changing colour of trees, the early dark that invites you to look inward.

“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” William Blake

Let the cold linger. There’s beauty here, if you stop to see it.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, w

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Lest we forget.

Christus resurrexit, spes mea! Christ is risen, my

Christus resurrexit, spes mea!
Christ is risen, my hope!

- Victimae paschali laudes, c. 11th century

Written by Wipo of Burgundy, imperial chaplain to the Holy Roman Emperor, this ancient Easter chant has echoed for nearly a thousand years.

A triumph of life over death.
A thread of hope stretching centuries.

Wishing you a blessed Easter. 🕯️

“Unless we change our ways and our direction, our

“Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mist of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past”
- Margaret Thatcher

A journal shaped by faith, tradition, and the turning year.

Written and curated by Jessica Joanne, in Australia.
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